“We have a playbook and its going to work,” Biden said in a speech on the South Lawn of the White House. “First and following through on a campaign commitment to reverse the previous administration’s shortsighted rollback of vehicle and emissions and efficiency standards.”
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation are “beginning to work on the next round of standards for a broad class of vehicles, for cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, medium and heavy duty vehicles,” Biden added.
Biden offered little detail on new mileage targets for vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. Instead, he focused on a goal for half of all cars and trucks sold in 2030 being powered by batteries instead of gasoline and diesel oil.